EUROPEAN POLITICS
Bosnian Serbs will hold a controversial parade on Monday to mark the “statehood day” of their entity, Republika Srpska (RS), although Bosnia-Herzegovina’s Constitutional Court had long ruled the holiday unconstitutional. At the end of a brutal 1992-95 war amongst Serbs,…
Brazilian security forces wrested back control of Congress, the presidential palace and the Supreme Court Sunday (8 January) after a flood of ex-president Jair Bolsonaro’s supporters stormed the seat of power, unleashing chaos on the capital. In scenes reminiscent of…
President Rumen Radev is expected to soon hand over the third and final government mandate, meaning that if parties will again fail to form a coalition, Bulgarians will be called back to the polls for the fifth time in five…
Janez Zemljarič, a politician who held several top positions during the communist era, including head of the secret police, has been buried with military honours, sparking controversy and reigniting old political divisions. Zemljarič served as the first minister of Slovenia’s…
Ireland’s hospitals are struggling to cope with the ‘perfect storm’ of COVID-19, flu, and respiratory syncytial virus (RSV) patients, resulting in widespread overcrowding and lengthy delays. Hospital waiting times have been a growing area of concern in recent weeks, reaching…
France will be sending tanks to Ukraine in an effort to expand its military aid, French President Emmanuel Macron told his Ukrainian counterpart, Volodymyr Zelenskyy, on Wednesday. “The president wished to amplify this military aid,” announced the presidency after a…
Fourteen candidates formally joined the race on Thursday (5 January) to become Cyprus’s next president in an election next month dominated by the island’s decades-old division, irregular migration and corruption scandals. Cyprus has a presidential system of government and the…
Albania launched its first two satellites, Albania 1 and Albania 2, into orbit from Cape Canaveral Space Force Station this week, hoping they will aid a crackdown on drug cultivation and other crimes. The satellites were a part of the…
Green Vice-Chancellor and Climate Minister Robert Habeck launched a thinly-veiled attack on liberal FDP Transport Minister Volker Wissing after newly published data showed the country is not on track to meet its climate targets. Data published by the Berlin-based think…
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Hungary must avoid recession next year and curb inflation to single digits by the end of 2023, Prime Minister Viktor Orbán said on Wednesday, adding that surging inflation put “huge pressure” on the central bank’s governor. Hungary’s nationalist leader is…
Newly re-elected Kazakh President Kassym-Jomart Tokayev met his French counterpart Emmanuel Macron in France on Tuesday after a meeting with Russian President Vladimir Putin on Monday amid Europe’s energy crisis. Tokayev arrived in France for a two-day visit to discuss…